Crime & Safety
Apparent Suicide: Stamford Man's Body Found in Hudson River
Divers searched after abandoned car was found on the Tappan Zee Bridge.
New York state troopers aboard a helicopter spotted the body of a Stamford man floating in the Hudson River Saturday afternoon.
Andres Jaramillo, 53, apparently committed suicide by jumping off the Tappan Zee Bridge sometime early this morning, according to state police Sgt. Shawn Garrison. No witnesses have come forward, Garrison said.
The Nyack-Piermont Fire Department's dive team began a search for a person jumping off the bridge after police found an unoccupied 2003 Hyundai car in the right lane of the Tappan Zee at 3:46 a.m. The dive team suspended their search at about 5:30 a.m.
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At 12:10 p.m., members of the State Police Department of Aviation spotted Jaramillo's body in the water, adjacent to the mid-span of the bridge on the Rockland County side of the Hudson. Jaramillo's body was recovered and then transported to the Rockland County Medical Examiner's Office, Garrison said.
